Heavy Rain Watch
A heavy rain watch is in place for Coromandel Peninsula, Bay of Plenty and Gisborne/Tairawhiti
What you need to know:
- Between 9:00am Thu 12 Dec to 6:00pm Thu 12 Dec, heavy rain is expected with localised downpours possible.
- Rainfall amounts may approach warning criteria in localised areas.
- Rainfall likely to ease from the west late afternoon.
- There is a low chance of upgrading this to a Warning.
Keep up to date with watches and warnings on the MetService website.
Homeless people
Please if you can ,please help those people living in a car at Omokoroa, it is not by choice ,they cannot afford housing and are mentally and physically in a bad way .its really sad to see this sooo near to xmas .unfortunately I am unable to assist